1996–97 Real Madrid Cf Season
The 1996–97 season was the Real Madrid CF's 66th season in La Liga.
This article shows player statistics and official matches that the club played during the 1996–97 season. For the first time since 1977–78, Real Madrid was not involved in any European competitions due to the previous season's lowest league finish in 19 years.
| 1996–97 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Lorenzo Sanz | ||
| Head coach | Fabio Capello | ||
| Stadium | Santiago Bernabéu | ||
| La Liga | 1st | ||
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Davor Šuker (24) All: Davor Šuker (29) | ||
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Summary
For the first time since the 1977–78 season, Real Madrid only played in the domestic competitions after having rejected the option to enter the 1996 Intertoto Cup. Madrid returned to domestic glory in the only season under the Fabio Capello's reign, who, after much conflict with club president Lorenzo Sanz, announced his exit already in mid-season, choosing to return to Italy (where he would eventually settle at his old club AC Milan). New signings Predrag Mijatović and Davor Šuker played alongside main striker Raúl González as well as Clarence Seedorf in midfield. Real Madrid was nearly on course to sign Newcastle United-bound Alan Shearer courtesy of his best form at Blackburn Rovers, but due to already featuring Raúl González as the club's main striker, Alan Shearer preferred to stay in England. Roberto Carlos, Carlos Secretário, Christian Panucci, and mid-season arrival Zé Roberto were also new signings in defense.
In May 1997, Real Madrid began to slip due to injuries of key players despite having won 3 of 5 matches in that month. However as rivals Barcelona also slipped in early June after a loss against Hércules, Real took an advantage by crushing CF Extremadura 5-0 in the same weekend. Real Madrid eventually won the La Liga title with a record 92 points, after a 3–1 victory against Atlético Madrid on the penultimate round of the season (five points ahead of Barcelona), and thus Fabio Capello became the first-ever Italian manager to win La Liga silverware. In the Copa del Rey, Madrid advanced to the round of 16 where they faced perennial rivals Barcelona, losing 4–3 on aggregate. The Catalans went on to win the tournament, setting up a Super Cup clash against Madrid.
Players
Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Predrag Mijatović | Valencia | €7,5 million |
| MF | Clarence Seedorf | Sampdoria | €4,8 million |
| FW | Davor Šuker | Sevilla | €3,6 million |
| DF | Roberto Carlos | Internazionale | €3,5 million |
| GK | Bodo Illgner | 1. FC Köln | €1,2 million |
| DF | Carlos Secretário | Porto | €1,8 million |
| MF | Dejan Petkovic | Sevilla FC | loan ended |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Michael Laudrup | Vissel Kobe | |
| FW | Ivan Zamorano | Inter Milan | |
| MF | Míchel | Celaya | |
| MF | Freddy Rincón | Palmeiras | |
| FW | Juan Esnaider | Atlético Madrid | |
| MF | Luis Enrique | FC Barcelona | |
| DF | Sanchez Flores | Real Zaragoza | |
| DF | Miquel Soler | Real Zaragoza | |
Winter
Reference:
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Christian Panucci | AC Milan | €3,5 million |
| MF | Zé Roberto | Portuguesa | €2,5 million |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Carlos Secretario | Porto | |
| MF | Dejan Petkovic | Racing Santander | loan |
Competitions
La Liga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 85 | 36 | +49 | 92 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Barcelona | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 102 | 48 | +54 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Deportivo La Coruña | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 77 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Betis | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 77 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 64 | +12 | 71 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage; = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round; = 1997–98 UEFA Cup first round
Matches
| 31 August 1996 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1–1 | Real Madrid | A Coruña |
Martins  22'Armando  74'  Donato 89' Djukic | Report | Roberto Carlos 78' Milla 52' | Stadium: Riazor Referee: Dauden Ibañez |
| 8 September 1996 2 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | Hércules | Madrid |
| Mijatović 16' Raúl 28'Raúl 71'Seedorf | Report | Ferreras Palomino | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 16 September 1996 3 | Real Betis | 1–1 | Real Madrid | Seville |
| Alfonso 28' Luis Fernandez | Report | Roberto Carlos 44' Secretario Sanchís Hierro Šuker | Stadium: Benito Villamarín |
| 22 September 1996 4 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Rayo Vallecano | Madrid |
| Raúl 40' | Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Puentes Leira |
| 29 September 1996 5 | Oviedo | 2–3 | Real Madrid | Oviedo |
| Dubovsky 63' (pen) Gamboa 84'Onopko  40' | Report | Šuker 14' Mijatović 15'Víctor 43'Secretario 63' | Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Carmona Mendez |
| 1 October 1996 6 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Espanyol | Madrid |
| Raúl 6' Šuker 26'Sanchís Alkorta Roberto Carlos | Report | Pocchettino Arteaga | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Iturralde Gonzalez |
| 13 October 1996 7 | Racing Santander | 2–2 | Real Madrid | Santander |
| Beschastnykh 70' Schürrer 80' | Report | Šuker 75' (pen) Mijatović 83' | Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Hernanz Angulo |
| 19 October 1996 8 | Real Madrid | 6–1 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
| Mijatović 30' Šuker 41' (pen)Mild 63' (own goal)Šuker 68'Mijatović 87'Šuker 89' | Report | Kovacevic 10' Pikabea 24' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Japon Sevilla |
| 22 October 1996 9 | Real Zaragoza | 1–2 | Real Madrid | Zaragoza |
| Poyet 50' Radimov 82' | Report | Šuker 16' Šuker 78'pen | Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Prados García |
| 26 October 1996 10 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | Tenerife | Madrid |
| Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 3 November 1996 11 | Compostela | 1–2 | Real Madrid | Compostela |
| Luboslav Penev 68' | Report | Mijatovic 22' Raúl 78' | Stadium: San Lázaro |
| 10 November 1996 12 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | Logroñés | Madrid |
| Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 17 November 1996 13 | Sevilla | 1–3 | Real Madrid | Seville |
| Salva 53' | Report | Mijatovic 19' Suker 60' | Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| 24 November 1996 14 | Real Madrid | 4–2 | Valencia | Madrid |
| Suker 15' Suker 74' | Report | Karpin 9' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 30 November 1996 15 | Sporting Gijón | 0–1 | Real Madrid | Gijón |
| Report | Hierro 19' | Stadium: El Molinón |
| 7 December 1996 16 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Barcelona | Madrid |
| Šuker 24' Mijatović | Report | Sergi Luis Enrique | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arcero |
| 21 December 1996 17 | Real Valladolid | 1–1 | Real Madrid | Valladolid |
| Alkorta 58'o.g | Report | Suker 15' | Stadium: José Zorrilla |
| 5 January 1997 18 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Athletic Bilbao | Madrid |
| Raúl 59' | Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 11 January 1997 19 | CF Extremadura | 0–0 | Real Madrid | Extremadura |
| Report | Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo |
| 17 January 1997 20 | Atlético de Madrid | 1–4 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
| Kiko 32' Santi | Report | Raúl 46' Raúl | Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Eduardo Garcia Iturralde |
| 25 January 1997 21 | Real Madrid | 4–0 | RC Celta | Madrid |
| Roberto Carlos 20' Redondo 54'Raul 69'Suker 74' | Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 1 February 1997 22 | Real Madrid | 3–2 | Deportivo La Coruña | Madrid |
| Panucci 19' Hierro 65' | Report | Flavio Conceicao 15' Martins 50' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 8 February 1997 23 | Hércules | 2–3 | Real Madrid | Alicante |
| Manuel Alfaro 5' Nemanja Miljanovic 33' | Report | Mijatovic 11' Seedorf 53' |
| 14 February 1997 24 | Real Madrid | 2–2 | Real Betis | Madrid |
| Mijatovic 18' Panucci | Report | Alfonso 6' Finidi George | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Rodriguez Martel |
| 18 February 1997 25 | Rayo Vallecano | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
| Ezequiel Castillo 35' José María | Report | Hierro Alkorta | Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carmona Mendez |
| 22 February 1997 26 | Real Madrid | 6–1 | Oviedo | Madrid |
| Suker 3'pen Mijatovic Suker Suker Raúl 89' | Report | Velamazan 87' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 9 March 1997 28 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Racing Santander | Madrid |
| Raúl 65' Seedorf 68' | Report | Correa 44' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 16 March 1997 29 | Real Sociedad | 1–2 | Real Madrid | San Sebastián |
| Adepoju 71' | Report | Raúl 40' Roberto Carlos 47' |
| 22 March 1997 30 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Real Zaragoza | Madrid |
| Hierro 35' Hierro 43' | Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 6 April 1997 32 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | Compostela | Madrid |
| Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 15 April 1997 34 | Real Madrid | 4–2 | Sevilla | Madrid |
| Seedorf 44' Raúl 89' | Report | José Mari 1' Tarik Oulida 20' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 3 May 1997 36 | Real Madrid | 3–1 | Sporting Gijón | Madrid |
| Suker 38' Roberto Carlos 71' | Report | Cheryshev 9' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 10 May 1997 37 | Barcelona | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Ronaldo 44' Figo | Report | Roberto Carlos Alkorta | Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Rodriguez Martel |
| 17 May 1997 38 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Real Valladolid | Madrid |
| Suker 57'pen | Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 24 May 1997 39 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Bilbao |
| Carlos García 56' | Report | Stadium: San Mames |
| 31 May 1997 40 | Real Madrid | 5–0 | CF Extremadura | Madrid |
| Raúl 9' Seedorf 89' | Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 13 June 1997 41 | Real Madrid | 3–1 | Atlético de Madrid | Madrid |
| Raúl 36' Hierro 56' | Report | Esnáider 64' | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Berrenchea Montero |
| 21 June 1997 42 | Celta | 4–0 | Real Madrid | Vigo |
| Gudelj 8' Gudelj 89' | Report |
Copa del Rey
Second round
| 6 November 1996 | UD Salamanca | 0–2 | Real Madrid | Salamanca |
| Report |
| 27 November 1996 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | UD Salamanca | Madrid |
| Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
Third round
| 9 January 1997 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Real Valladolid | Madrid |
| Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
| 15 January 1997 | Real Valladolid | 0–2 | Real Madrid | Valladolid |
| Report | Stadium: José Zorrilla |
Round of 16
| 30 January 1997 | FC Barcelona | 3–2 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Ronaldo 13' Nadal 78' | Report | Suker 16' Hierro 67' | Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 97,000 Referee: Lopez Nieto |
| 6 February 1997 | Real Madrid | 1–1 | FC Barcelona | Madrid |
| Suker 79'pen | Report | Roberto Carlos 69'(o.g) | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Diaz Vega |
Statistics
Player statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 25 | GK |  GER | Illgner | 46 | -36 | 40 | -31 | 6 | -5 |
| 17 | DF |  ITA | Panucci | 21 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF |  ESP | Alkorta | 45 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Hierro | 45 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | DF |  BRA | Roberto Carlos | 42 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Víctor | 41 | 6 | 25+11 | 5 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF |  ARG | Redondo | 39 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF |  NED | Seedorf | 42 | 6 | 37+1 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Raúl | 47 | 22 | 41+1 | 21 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW |  YUG | Mijatović | 43 | 15 | 38 | 14 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW |  CRO | Šuker | 43 | 29 | 38 | 24 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Cañizares | 2 | -5 | 2 | -5 | ||
| 11 | MF | ESP | Amavisca | 31 | 0 | 14+12 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Chendo | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF |  POR | Secretário | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Sanchis | 22 | 0 | 13+9 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF | ESP | Milla | 23 | 0 | 6+13 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Alvaro | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | ||
| 21 | DF | ESP | García Calvo | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | ||
| 15 | DF | ESP | Sanz | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Lasa | 15 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Guti | 17 | 0 | 0+14 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | YUG | Petković | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Irurzun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Buyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
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